Key Takeaways
- Prominent investors cut their stakes in several big tech companies ahead of the global sell-off that hit markets in early August.
- Alphabet and Meta were some of the companies hedge funds pulled away from in the second quarter, 13F filings showed.
- The investors moved away from Alphabet and Meta as the companies face pressure to show their spending on artificial intelligence (AI) is paying off.
- Meanwhile, a few hedge funds boosted their stakes in AI chipmaker Nvidia, which could benefit from higher spending on AI infrastructure.
Prominent investors including Bill Ackman and David Tepper cut their stakes in several big tech stocks during the second quarter, ahead of the global sell-off driven by recession fears at the start of the month, recent 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:13F filings showed.
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Ackman, Tepper, and Daniel Loeb's 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:hedge funds trimmed their stakes in Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL) in the second quarter, along with other major hedge funds like 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:Renaissance, 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:Bridgewater Associates, and 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:Seth Klarman's Baupost Group. Tepper, Loeb, and others sold some of their Meta (META) holdings as well.
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Intel (INTC) also stood out as a number of hedge funds cut their stakes in the second quarter. The chipmaker's stock tumbled after the company recently reported a wider-than-expected loss and a $10 billion cost-saving plan that includes layoffs.
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